Quorum call mrs. Murray mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from washington. Mrs. Murray mr. President , i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Murray mr. President , i come to the floor today to introduce the military and veteran Caregiver Services improvement act. Mr. President , this is a bill that will make really critical improvements to how we support our why i am and injured veterans our ill and injured veterans and their caregivers. And i am especially pleased to be joined by our former colleague, senator Elizabeth Dole, who has come here on the floor and has been such a tremendous and invaluable person in working to bring these caregiver issues to national attention. And i really appreciate her being here and being such a champion on this and a leader. She has brought people from all over the country together to make a difference for our caregivers and for our veterans. We also have many of the very caregi
Comes down on cspan2. We will go live to the Heritage Foundation a Panel Discussion scheduled on the upcoming president ial elections in ukraine set for this sunday may 25. Citizens will vote for the successor to a place be ousted president that fled to russia back in february. Topic expected to be discussed include involvement in ukraine, security concerns during the election and policy implications with the u. S. Lets go to the coverage under way right now on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and the Louis Lehrman auditorium and welcomed to those of us joining on the heritage. Org website. We would ask everyone to be so kind to check cell phones as we check that they have been turned off and i guess our panelists will address the fact that we can thank president putin for discussing ukraine as the lead into the panel. The post this morning is helle dale for Public
First, i thinkshould be clear that we believe the systems are safe. One of the safest mode of travel we have available to us in this day and age. Real also believe very strongly there are steps that need to be taken in order to address the safety, not just of the general public, but the employees who work for these diseases. There is no question that when youre dealing with an aging infrastructure and the needs that are required to maintain that infrastructure, employees will be working in Hazardous Conditions that can make for an unsafe situation, but there are steps that the Transit Agency has taken. I know from my own experience we focus closely on making sure that our operators have appropriate training, tools, protocols and place to map the safety of these employees. But the reality is, as long as it will take to fix this problem will require more workers to work environments where it could be a more dangerous situation that if it were invested in good repair. Well, thank you for
Saturday, 12 and 9 p. M. On sunday, and 12 a. M. On monday. You can also watch after words online youre kind of booktv. Org and click on after words in the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. Welcome today to a booktvs live coverage of the 2014 texas book festival held in austin, the state capital. Over the next six hours will hear from nine authors on such topics as social change an instant, the Death Penalty, the global history of train travel. Author and professor ilan stavans starts off with a discussion about his latest book, a most imperfect union a contrarian history of the United States. Hello and welcome. Happy sunday morning, everybody. I name is nathan. Im here with ilan stavans, professor of latin american latino studies at amherst college, author of last time i counted about 10,000 books. The latest of which is a most imperfect union a contrarian history of the United States. It is do you call it a graphic novel if its nonfiction . We have in
Quorum call from schumer mr. President , i ask unanimous consent the quorum be are we in a quorum call, mr. President . The presiding officer we are. Mr. Schumer i ask unanimous i s consent the quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer mr. President , i rise today to talk about one of the most recent American Transportation Success Stories amtraks northeast corridor, and how congress can help it grow. First, however, id like to thank two great leaders on the Senate Appropriations committee. First our chair, barbara mikulski. Shes from the northeast corridor. I often stop by in baltimore as i take the train from new york to washington. And she has been a staunch defender of amtrak from the day she got here. And to chairman murray. Chairman murray is chairman of the transportation subcommittee. She is not from the northeast corridor, and, of course, cares very much about amtrak across the nation and has been a defender of those of us who care about am